My layout will be a Trip Around the World, with burgundy and dusky pinks, and burgundy/cream and dusky pinks/creams for contrast. This is a burgundy/cream one, which is called "B9 - Tinker Toy".
It will be in the 9th position on the second row (that is what B9 means).Mijn indeling wordt een 'Trip Around the World", met bordeaux en oudroze, en bordeaux/crème en oudroze/crème voor contrast. Dit is een bordeaux-crème blokje, "B9 - Tinker Toy". Hij komt op de 9e plaats op de tweede rij (dat is wat B9 betekent).

I did some more photography in the garden yesterday. First quite early to catch the dew drops on the plants and flowers:Ik heb gisteren weer wat in de tuin gefotografeerd. Eerst vrij vroeg om de dauwdruppeltjes op de planten en bloemen te 'vangen':

Now I will link this post to Esther Aliu's WOW. If you want to see some inspirational needlework, make yourself a cuppa and visit Esther's WOW page, where many stitchers from all over the world write about their adventures. Nu ga ik dit blogje koppelen aan Esther Aliu's WOW. Als je inspirerend handwerk wilt zien, maak een een kopje koffie of thee en bezoek Esther's WOW pagina, waar handwerksters van over de hele wereld schrijven over hun avonturen.

But this ranks right there at the top of my favourites. Yesterday it was very beautiful after the rain. Now that the flower has dried, you can see the structure in the leaves better, and also the pale blue shows up better.

After which I took the camera into the garden, because the sun came out and I just love the raindrops on the flowers and plants:En daarna ben ik met de camera de tuin ingegaan, omdat de zon doorkwam. De druppels op de bloemen en planten vind ik zo mooi:

Friday, 25 April 2014

We had a thunderstorm with big hail stones and rain yesterday and I was worried about the beautiful flowers in our garden.We hadden gisteravond een flinke onweersbui met grote hagelstenen en regen, en ik was bezorgd over de mooie bloemen in onze tuin.

And also the violets were still thereEn de bosviooltje waren er ook nog

The pansies did suffer a lot (too sad to show you a picture) but there are still lots of buds, so I will do my best to get them going again.De grote violen hebben wel flink geleden (te zielig om er foto's van te laten zien) maar er zitten nog genoeg nieuwe knopjes aan, dus ik doe mijn best om ze weer aan de gang te krijgen.

I received an envelope with a Dear Jane contribution from my friend Carla this afternoon. Perfect timing, just before the weekend, and our new King's Day which is now on the 27th of April (our King's birthday) instead of 30th of April (our former Queen Mother's birthday). This year it will be celebrated a day early, on the Saturday.
Thank you, Carla!

It is easier said than done to decide that each block will have differen fabrics. The dusky pinks and burdundy's are not too hard to find (with help from my friends), but the creams are more difficult.

So fabric manufacturors, please get to work to make some more pretty creams for my Dear Jane :o)

A purple violet. The colours are much darker in real life, but the digital camera just won't get those right.Een paars bosviooltje. De kleuren zijn veel donkerder in het echt, maar de digitale camera pakt die niet goed.

Another hosta.Nog een hosta.

I'm still working on Antique Wedding Sampler by Di Ford, but with Dear Jane butting in as she has done, I will just work on what calls the loudest for now.Ik werk nog steeds aan Antique Wedding Sampler van Di Ford, maar Dear Jane heeft zich zo opgedrongen dat ik maar gewoon werk aan wat het hardste mijn naam roept.